Pen and ink tree character

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I need a drawing of a tree with character, this will then be laser cut out of layers of veneer. The veneer will also have detail etched on to the surface. The picture can only be made up of edges or line shading, so I would suggest a pen and ink drawing. I do not wish the drawing to look like a cartoon, and so feel pen and ink would be better than a vector drawing, but I am quite happy to be proved wrong.

If this idea is successful, it will be the first of a series of cards.

I have attached an image of a typical elm tree shape. You do not have to stick to this outline, but the image needs to reflect the shape of an Elm to differentiate it from the other types of tree.

The drawing does not want to be too scary, just for instance a twisted tree with a slight impression of a dark or sinister face. Attached is another card we have made, to show how the finished veneer looks. I am not interested in the background as this will be added later.

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Good morning, perrybond. When a contestant asks for your help please give as much detail as possible to help him/her draw a correct picture. Just a thought. Thank you.

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I tried my best, with close to 100 comments in total, I tried to answer every one, but there is no central place to see the private comments, so I spent a while clicking on each of the 32 entries to see if a comment was on each one. Also I was away with my children for 24hours towards the end of the 7 days. So if your comments were missed, I apologize.

Hello CH, do you have any feedback for entry #20 ? I would like to give you a 5 star work if possible.

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Love the detail on the ground and the fact the eyes are just branches behind a hole. Overall, from a distance however the features seem to form into a cute cat face, whereas I need them to look grumpy. Like an old man that has an interesting weathered face, but that's likely to hit you with his stick if you're cheeky or annoying. Not evil or too scary, but grumpy, bad-tempered and not at all happy.

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Hi
Thank you all for your contributions so far.
I knew the drawing would be fairly simple, but I put £60 as a was a bit vague as to what I was looking for and was hoping for inspiration.

I have just spent the last few hours analyzing all the submissions and have now refined my requirement.

I think the design which will sell best as a card is one that reflects the text on the card and I have decided that it would be best if the face (and other humanoid bits) are subtle enough that at a casual glance can be missed. - So I have revised the scoring to reflect this, whereas before I feel I was marking on the quality of the drawing.

freelancers have no Bosses so I guess its cool to pretend to have one...for a while. haha

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I'm no boss, just a man with an idea; I'm winging it, like everyone else.

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This is the text which is to go onto the card: (first draught)

"The Malevolent Elm likes to be left alone. It is resistant to the axe, does not easily split. On the hearth, the very flames seem cold. It doesn't mind the wet and was often used for ships keels and lock gates, but most infamously it is the the choice for coffins. Occasionally it will fill it's own coffin and is dubbed 'the widow maker', due to its propensity to drop large branches without warning.

If you were called to defend the King and had more in your arm than in your purse, the Elm would give up a longbow, though more reluctantly than the famous Yew."

wow, much better, like the tree detail, love the subtlety of the face; the fact it is not really there. Only suggestion is to change one of the eyes so they are both looking in the same direction, I think this would make him look less mad and more sinister

By the way, my private message board has some errors so I can't see feedbacks. Replying here would do.

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Tree shape is good, mouth and eyes look a bit 'halloween pumpkin' like. Think the feature need more character and with a better reference back to the tree, for instance you know when a branch is damaged and it grows a protective scar: imagine a branch that has split lengthways and the bark has grown round it forming the lips of a mouth.